One question that has haunted people following the Valerie Plame leak case has been “Why was Judith Miller jailed if she did not write an article?” Well further reading into Raw Story’s explosive new report sheds some light on that very question. The group relied heavily on New York Times reporter Judith Miller, who, after […]
Raw Story is reporting that sources close to Fitzgerald are now looking into exactly what Cheney’s involvement in the leak was, or more specifically if he ordered the leak. The focus of the investigation has turned now to the White House Iraq Group, which was formed in 2002 to help publicize the reasons for war. […]
Raw Story is working on this report. I will have more as soon as it becomes available.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has launched a full blown investigation into HCA, Bill Frist’s family medical business. This of course leads to more possible legal problems for Republican Leadership on Capital Hill. Raw Story has also uncovered some disturbing history into the operations of HCA. Seems like this isn’t the first time they have […]
Speaker Dennis Hassert is said to be eyeing California Representative David Dreier to replace Delay as majority leader. Dreier has been outspoken in voting against gay rights. Ironically it turns out Dreier is gay. Raw Story has a biography on him.
From Raw Story CBS News says Michael Brown rehired as FEMA consultant CBS News’ Bob Schieffer just announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has rehired ex-FEMA chief Michael Brown– as a consultant to evaluate the agency’s response to the disaster! From CBS’s Katrina blog: “Sept. 26, 2005 /6:44 p.m. (CBS)  CBS News correspondent […]
Raw Story has gotten their hands on one of the first proposals for budget cuts the GOP has authored. Seems like they are not as much up on public opinion as we would hope. They aren’t targeting the actual pork items, instead they got their sites set on something else. Mostly they are calling for […]
Just in from Raw Story Bush Management and Budget Procurement chief arrested after quitting John Byrne David Safavian, who oversees $300 billion of annual federal purchasing as director of the Office of Procurement Policy, has been arrested for three criminal charges relating to obstruction of a federal investigation. He resigned quietly last Friday. RAW STORY […]
In a big OOPS, Raw Story as acquired a confidential memo on immigration from Rep. Lamar Smith’s office. The letter was intended to be faxed to Karl Rove but instead got faxed to Democratic Congressman. Go over to Raw Story and check out the actual memo.
From Raw Story Landmark hate crimes legislation passes House 09/14/2005 @ 5:36 pm In an unexpected 223-199 vote, the House of Representatives passed sweeping hate crimes legislation Wednesday, including protections for minorities and gays who are the subject of hate crimes. The bill, authored by Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), was a rider on another bill […]